бактерия

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic باكتەريا
Cyrillic бактерия
Latin bakteria
Yañalif ʙakteria

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бакте́рия (baktérija, baktɛ́rija), from Latin bacteria, plural of bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion), neuter diminutive of βακτηρία (baktēría, rod, stick).

Pronunciation

Noun

бактерия (bakteriä)

  1. bacterium

Declension

Derived terms

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бакте́рия (baktérija, baktɛ́rija), from Latin bacteria, plural of bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).

Noun

бактерия (bakteriya) (Arabic spelling باقتەرىيا)

  1. (bacteriology) bacterium

Declension

Russian

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бактерия

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: бактэ́рия) (overwhelmingly more common, despite being dispreferred by dictionaries as outdated)
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Noun

бакте́рия (baktérija, baktɛ́rijaf inan or f anim (genitive бакте́рии, nominative plural бакте́рии, genitive plural бакте́рий)

  1. bacterium

Usage notes

  • With the exception of scientific or medical works, this noun is typically treated as inanimate.

Declension

Descendants

  • Crimean Tatar: bakteriya
  • Kazakh: бактерия (bakteriä)
  • Kyrgyz: бактерия (bakteriya)